{"id":6820,"title":"Finishing Funds","kind":"event","url":"https://www.videohistoryproject.org/finishing-funds-5","version":"6418cffe4896533149d2250bbcffea1627aeeb8e1875317425363f3f4de2b39f","modified":"2011-05-16T14:19:00+00:00","credits":[],"authorKeys":[],"subjects":[],"metadata":[{"label":"Date","value":"1997","url":null}],"citations":{"page":"\u0022Finishing Funds.\u0022 Video History Project, Experimental Television Center, 2011. https://www.videohistoryproject.org/finishing-funds-5.","publication":null,"risUrl":"https://www.videohistoryproject.org/citation/6820.ris"},"links":[],"sections":[{"name":"body","source":"VHP record body","generated":false,"characters":4400},{"name":"summary","source":"existing VHP generated summary","generated":true,"characters":683}],"content":{"section":"body","source":"VHP record body","generated":false,"text":"Finishing Funds is a grants program of the Experimental Television Center, supported by the New York State Council on the Arts. Awards for 1997 were made to: Diane Brown \u0022Lila, Eight to Twelve\u0022 - a video documentary centering on the artist\u0027s niece and her pre-adolescent years, a time of passionate feelings as well as a strong sense of loss Luca Buvoli \u0022Not a Superhero\u0022 - a playful exploration of identity, displayed as an installation on a 1950s tv set, in conjunction with hand-made movie-posters Ethan Crenson \u0022Addendum\u0022 - a twist on my installation Fission, a visualization using mousetraps and ping pong balls, with a documentary presentation which begs the question of science Genevieve Boutet de Monvel \u0022The Lilac Sniffers\u0022 - a video exploration of how the sense of smell monitors our behavior and brings us to the immediacy of our deepest memories Roz Dimon \u0022The Living Room of the Future\u0022 - a digital installation reflecting the dominance of the computer in the changing infrastructure of our home Elvira Garcia-Moran \u0026 Dolores Zorreguieta \u0022Through the Wound\u0022 - a multi-media interactive CD Rom project addressing the emotional world of a woman and her artistic work Amy Hufnagel \u0022Hang Ups\u0022 - a video, part of a larger body of 2-D and installation art, which ponders the place of telecommunication networks and the electronic landscape within our sense of community Amy Jenkins \u0022Closures\u0022 - a video narrative, in chapters, of growing up, moving in and out of a world simultaneously lilliputian and giant, in which we are both child and adult Sue Johnson \u0022Chant\u0022 - a real-time collaboration among participants on the internet, using the experience of group chanting to \u0022be\u0022 in cyberspace, rather than to \u0022act\u0022 Jinhan Ko \u0022Pet Stories, Hardcore Omnivores and Cowboy Angst\u0022 - a short video in which Jin\u0027s Banana House wants to know how we can be bored when television is filled with dating game shows and the internet is filled with shopping networks. Jody Lafond \u0022From Time to Time\u0022 - a tongue-in-cheek look at reincarnation, as a woman from the future undergoes past life regression to the present to resolve a romantic conflict Rik Little \u0022From Slumlord to Shooting Myself (You\u0027ve Got to Move)\u0022 - a personal video documentary of a tenant/filmmaker (myself) being constructively evicted from my apartment and neighborhood of 17 years Abby Luby \u0022Voices from History: The Robeson Riots\u0022 - a video documentary concerning the Peekskill riots, events in 1949 surrounding the concert of Paul Robeson and reflecting the social and political climate of the McCarthy era to come Jonathan Mednick \u0022John Eric Broaddus\u0022 - a film documentary about the work of the renowned book artist, providing an unsentimental look at the harsh commercial realities faced by today\u0027s artists as well as the AIDS pandemic Casandra Stark Mele \u0022Parades of Crazy\u0022 - a film in four parts, a poem of sorts, inspired by \u0022visionary\u0022 filmmakers such as Sidney Peterson and Maya Deren Uzi Parnes \u0022Tyland Honeymoon\u0022 - a video diary, travelogue and confessional, part of the trilogy Ginger Vitas Daniel Peddle \u0022Last Things\u0022 - a ride on New York\u0027s subway, as seen only through reflections in the windows, and through the meditations by a child on the often prosaic things that will last Esther Podemski \u0022House of the World\u0022 - a narrative film portraying the responses of an American second-generation holocaust survivor to the rescue of a cemetery in Poland, the burial place of Jews who died in the war John Roach \u0022Pageturners\u0022 - a video installation using found and lo-tech materials to portray the history of the materials and a disjuncture between images, sounds and their sources Christine Russo \u0022Virgin of the Sea\u0022 - an experimental film narrative which follows a woman and a mermaid on a voyage of self-discovery and sexual awakening Lynn Sachs \u0022A Biography of Lilith\u0022 - a film, a modern day passion play and a performance by three characters in an overgrown backyard Keith Sanborn \u0022The Gift\u0022 - an experimental film essay on architectural excess, with its aim not functional shelter but conspicuous destruction of wealth Huy Troung \u0022We Can\u0027t Have a Revolution in the Rain\u0022 - a film illustrating the worst loss faced by those who fight for a better society, the destruction of spirit Gail Vachon \u0022Ruby in the City\u0022 - a video animation for film, portraying an old woman who lives alone Panel: Pia Cseri-Briones and Jim Hubbard.","offset":0,"nextOffset":null,"totalCharacters":4400,"complete":true},"rightsUrl":"https://www.videohistoryproject.org/terms-service"}